Clothes-line apparatus.



J. T. McDONOUGH.

CLOTHES LINE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.2l. 1924.

1,154,524. PatentedSept. 21, 1915.

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J. T. McDONOUGH.

CLOTHES LIN'E APPARATUS.

APPLICATION HLED NOV.2l. 1914.

1,154,524. Patented se t. 21, 1915.

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JAMES 'r. MenoNoUcn, or NEW YORKQN. Y.

CLOTHES-LINE APPARATUS.

Application filed November 21, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that'I, JA Es T. MCDONOUGH, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes- Line Apparatus; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes lineapparatus and the object in view is to produce a simple and efficientapparatus of this nature so ar ranged that the .line maybe swung fromthe frame of a window or :door and held at different angles while thebar supporting the same is positionedhorizontally and in the provisionof means for taking up slack, thus avoiding the sections of an endlessline winding about each other, means being provided for holding the linebar in a closed position and equalizing the strain upon the same.

My invention comprises various details of construction, combinations andarrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shownin'the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in theappended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure1 is an elevation of a portion of a window frame showing the applicationof my invention thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the linecarrying bar in a closed or upright position. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe clothes line holding bar. Fig. 4 is a detail section on line H ofFig. 1 of a part of the device, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line5-5 of Fig.2.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the frameof a window to which a bracket member B is fastened,having preferably mount ed upon the pin C a pivotal clip C, carrying awinged screw C and D designates a bracket member carrying a pivotalscrew D upon which an apertured shank portion E of a disk E is pivotallymounted.

F designates a pivotal pin projecting from Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

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said disk and has its outer end circumferen- G. r A clothes linecarrying bar H is pivotally mounted upon the pin F, and J is a platethrough which the pivot pin F passes and has angled ends which areadapted to bear against the face of the disk, as shown clearly in thesectional view of the drawings, and serving to securely hold the barfrom rocking upon its pivot and to guide the latter as it tilts. Saidbar has three pulleys, designated respectively by letters N N and Nwhich are journaled between the plates N at one end of said bar, saidpulleys being provided for the purpose of retaining-the clothes line incontactwith the pulley N, the pulley N being used for the same purposewhen the bar H is reversed in case the device is mounted on the oppositeside of the window. I

At the opposite end of the bar is mounted a grooved pulley 0 about whichand between the outer pulleys N and N a rope M is adapted to pass.

One face of the clothes line carrying bar is provided with a series ofindentures Q, and I is a bracket member movable upon the bar and has acylindrical boss projecting from one face thereof, said boss beinginteriorly threaded for the reception of a set screw S, serving to holdsaid bracket member R in an adjusted position, the rope M being adaptedto pass about said boss when the bar is adjusted in a vertical position,as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Said bracket member B, it will benoted, is adjustably held upon the bar by the set screw engaging one oranother of the indentures therein and serves as a means for regulatingthe taking up of slack in the rope.

Mounted upon the frame of the window are the sockets T in which theangled ends of a bracket member T are journaled. Said bracket member Thas an integral socket S in which a contracted end of the socket memberis mounted and in which socket member a slot is formed adapted toreceive and support the bar H when the latter is adjusted in ahorizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1. A set screw Y is mounted in athreaded aperture in the wall of the socket S and serves to hold thesocket member W in place within the socket S.

It will be noted that the bracket member I has a swinging movement; and,when 'tially threaded for the reception of the nut the set screw Y inthe socket S is free from the swiveled projecting portion of the socketmember when the bar H is'mounted in said socket member I, the angle atwhich it is desired to have the clothes line disposed maybe regulatedwhen the bar is still'held in ahorizon'tal position. I

When the bar is adjusted in-the position shown in Fig. '2 of thedrawings, the slack in'the rope may be taken up by means "of the ropepassing about the boss of the adjustable bracket 13 upon the bar and thelatter held in place by the set screw which 'frictionally engages :thesame and, when in this adjustment,thetwo parallel portions of the ropeswhich aread'apted to pass about a pulley supported at any suitablelocation will be prevented from twisting one about :the'other, the slack:being regulated by the raising or lowering of the bracket member R. V

hat I claim to be new is '1. A clothes line apparatus consisting of abracket member adapted to be :fastened to the frame of a window, aswinging clothes =l1-ne ibar pivotally mounted upon sald member, pulleysmounted uponithe bar and a'bout which an endless rope is adapted topass,

means upon the bar for taking up slack in :the irope, a bracket memberpivotally mount ed upon the frame, a slotted socket member in saidbracket member and adapted to receive sa'id'ban'an'd a set screw carriedby the socket oof the bracket member and adapted to engage in a screwro'ectin from said "disk an 7 h apertin-ed clothes line bar and anaper'tured plate through =Wl1lCl1 'SH'IClSCL-"GW passes, sald platehaving angled portions extending about-said bar anditsends bearingagainst 1 the faceof the='disk, a nut upon the screw, pulleys journaledupon the bar, a clothes line passing about 'said pulleys, a slackta'keup device adjustably mounted upon the bar and having a boss-aboutwhich the line passes, a pivotal socket -mounted upon the frame of thewindow, and a screw carried by thesocket and designed for engagementwith the socket member receiving said bar.

In testimony whereof Phereunto aflix my signature in presence of *twowitnesses.

JAMES T. MoDONOUG-H.

NVitnesses:

L'A'WsoN R.\.JON;ES, Loms BEVIER, Jr.

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